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Monday, May 12, 2008

After a nice vigorous workout, I decided to cook up some Indian "style" recipes for dinner.

I made my version of a few of my favorite dishes.

The first is cauliflower with sweet potatoes, onions and spices. The second is spinach, chickpea and tofu.

Delish!

Cauliflower and sweet potato curry

One head of cauliflower, cut into florets and thoroughly washed

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 large sweet potato, cubed

1 tbsp madras curry powder

1 tbsp turmeric powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tbsp garamMarsala powder

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 pinch nigella seeds

2 tbsp olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

water

Heat up the olive oil in a deep wide skillet. Cook the onion until translucent. Add in all the spices and cook for a minute. Stir in the cauliflower and potatoes to coat with spices and onions. Add a bit of water if the skillet looks a little dry. Cover and cook until soft.

Chickpea, tofu and spinach curry

1 pack of cubed firm tofu

1 bag of spinach, rinsed and dried

1 can chickpeas, drained

1 onion finely chopped

2 cloves garlic - crushed

1 tbsp madras curry powder

1 tbsp crushed cumin seed

1 tbsp olive oil

Heat up olive oil in a deep wide skillet. Sweat onions until translucent. Add in spices and garlic and stir for 1 minute. Add in chickpea and tofu. Coat with spices and cook until heated through. Add in spinach and cook until wilted and well combined.